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Guyana is looking for a new broker to sell its gold, following a decision by the Japanese company, Mitsui, to pull out of the overseas trade in precious metals in March, 2016, according to well-placed sources. Sources close to the administration say authorities are considering at least five brokers in North America from which to contract a replacement for Mitsui. ...

Representatives of academic and non-academic staff at the University of Guyana Friday emerged from talks with President David Granger optimistic that government would provide more funds to the cash-strapped institution in next year’s budget. University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) President, Dr. Melissa Ifill told Demerara Waves Online News  that a proposal,to be dispatched to the Guyanese leader very ...

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) says only seven of 24 files have been returned by police for advice on how to proceed with fraud allegations against former Public Service Minister, Dr. Jennifer Webster and her then Chief Personnel Officer, Margaret Cummings. The DPP’s Office suggested that the files have been shuttling back and forth to police since early September of ...

Reproduced from www.hotelbusiness.com  GEORGETOWN, GUYANA—The Ascend Hotel Collection from Choice Hotels International, Inc. has added the 25-room Opus Hotel in Georgetown, Guyana, on the coast of South America. The Opus is the 12th hotel in Choice’s Caribbean portfolio. Located on Croal Street, Georgetown just across from the Muncipal Day Care Centre and South Road Nursery School, the hotel features 23 ...

Even as the Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), Rickford Vieria awaits a hearing that will determine his future with that regulatory agency, a report claims that he has breached the law by permitting the mining of river banks- a claim he has bluntly denied. The report states that “the requests received and for which approvals were ...

Authorities at the Mazaruni Prison say a  man convicted four years ago for slitting his wife’s throat might have escaped from custody Thursday while cutting firewood. Police confirmed that the prison authorities notified them that one of the inmates could not have been found.  Investigators were sent to the prison but up to early Thursday night there was no feedback. ...

One person was killed Thursday morning in a mining pit accident at Region 8 (Potaro-Siparuni), prompting the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) to urge miners to abide by safety standards. The incident occurred at White Hole/ Red Hole area near Mahdia. Police identified the dead man as 48 years old Kerron Hubbard Lobert of Eccles, East Bank Demerara. “The ...

The Guyana government is assessing the implications of the now opposition-controlled legislature in Venezuela while at the same time remaining cautiously optimistic about improved relations between the two countries, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said Thursday. “We are analyzing these changes in the National Security Committee, which meets once a week- we analyse all of these changes-and to see what ...

The Guyana government has scrapped a GYD$500,000 yearly lease for 3.41 acres of State land to Ed Ahmad- a friend of then President Bharrat Jagdeo, saying that the application had been fast-tracked in one week. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon said the lease was granted to Generation Complex Inc; whose principal is Ahmad, for the construction of a 150-room hotel, ...

The Alliance For Change (AFC)- one of the parties in the governing coalition- is preparing to seek parliament’s approval to scrap mandatory imprisonment for 15 grammes or more of marijuana. It is unclear whether the broader coalition administration would support the Bill when it comes up for debate in the House because only this week Attorney General, Basil Williams cited ...